I never knew a man troubled with melancholy, who had plenty to do, and did it.

Building air castles is a harmless business as long as you don't attempt to live in them.

True wisdom is plenty of experience, observation, and reflection. False wisdom is plenty of ignorance, arrogance, and impudence.

Wisdom deprives even poverty of half its power.

Take the selfishness out of this world and there would be more happiness than we should know what to do with.

As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.

There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.